Three unidentified suspects detained over the killing of Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov hide their faces inside the defendants’ cage at the Basmanny district court in Moscow on March 8, 2015. A sixth Muslim suspect in the recent killing of high-profile Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov has blown himself up following a standoff with police in the Chechen Republic, report says. Beslan... 

President Vladimir Putin congratulated the Russian Hajj Mission on its 10th anniversary, and said that Islam has become integral to Russia’s religious, cultural and social fabric. “Traditions of Islam are based on eternal values of kindness, mercifulness and justice. Millions of people in our country practice this ancient religion,” Putin wrote in a telegram published on the Kremlin’s website. The...